Competence aims after Vg1 – programmes for general studies
Competence aims after Vg2 – vocational education programmes
Language learning The aims are that the pupil shall be able to • exploit and assess various situations, work methods and strategies for learning English • discuss similarities and differences between English and other foreign languages and use this knowledge when learning English • use relevant and precise terminology to describe the forms and structures of English • describe and assess own progress when learning English • use a wide selection of digital and other aids independently, including monolingual dictionaries Communication The aims are that the pupil shall be able to • master a wide vocabulary • use the forms and structures of the language in spoken and written presentations • understand extended written and oral presentations on different personal, literary, interdisciplinary and social topics • extract essential information from spoken and written texts and discuss the author's attitudes and point of view • express himself/herself in writing and orally with subtleness, proper register, fluency, precision and coherence • select appropriate listening, speaking, reading and writing strategies adapted to the purpose, situation and genre • take initiatives to start, finish and keep a conversation going • read formal and informal texts in various genres and with different purposes • write formal and informal texts with good structure and coherence on personal, interdisciplinary and social topics • select and use content from different sources independently, critically and responsibly • use technical and mathematical information in communication • produce texts with complex content using digital media • choose an interdisciplinary topic for in-depth studies within his or her own programme area and present this Culture, society and literature The aims are that the pupil shall be able to • discuss social conditions and values in various cultures in a number of English-speaking countries • present and discuss international news and current events • explain the main characteristics of the development of English from an Anglo-Saxon language to an international world language • analyse and discuss a film and a representative selection of literary texts in English from the genres poetry, short story, novel and drama • discuss a selection of literary texts in English from various regions of the world and different periods from the 1500s up to the present • discuss literature by and about indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world • prepare and assess his or her own written or oral texts inspired by literature and art
Competence aims after Vg1 – programmes for general studies
Competence aims after Vg2 – vocational education programmes
Language learning
The aims are that the pupil shall be able to
• exploit and assess various situations, work methods and strategies for learning English
• discuss similarities and differences between English and other foreign languages and use this knowledge when learning English
• use relevant and precise terminology to describe the forms and structures of English
• describe and assess own progress when learning English
• use a wide selection of digital and other aids independently, including monolingual dictionaries
Communication
The aims are that the pupil shall be able to
• master a wide vocabulary
• use the forms and structures of the language in spoken and written presentations
• understand extended written and oral presentations on different personal, literary, interdisciplinary and social topics
• extract essential information from spoken and written texts and discuss the author's attitudes and point of view
• express himself/herself in writing and orally with subtleness, proper register, fluency, precision and coherence
• select appropriate listening, speaking, reading and writing strategies adapted to the purpose, situation and genre
• take initiatives to start, finish and keep a conversation going
• read formal and informal texts in various genres and with different purposes
• write formal and informal texts with good structure and coherence on personal, interdisciplinary and social topics
• select and use content from different sources independently, critically and responsibly
• use technical and mathematical information in communication
• produce texts with complex content using digital media
• choose an interdisciplinary topic for in-depth studies within his or her own programme area and present this
Culture, society and literature
The aims are that the pupil shall be able to
• discuss social conditions and values in various cultures in a number of English-speaking countries
• present and discuss international news and current events
• explain the main characteristics of the development of English from an Anglo-Saxon language to an international world language
• analyse and discuss a film and a representative selection of literary texts in English from the genres poetry, short story, novel and drama
• discuss a selection of literary texts in English from various regions of the world and different periods from the 1500s up to the present
• discuss literature by and about indigenous peoples in the English-speaking world
• prepare and assess his or her own written or oral texts inspired by literature and art